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Peoria, IL, 1918. First edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo (10.5"x7"). Unpaginated. Illustrated wraps; staple-bound. Toned, light soiling. 4" crease to top corner of upper cover, top corners rubbed. Chip missing from top-edge of lower cover, p10.5" parallel crease. Ads & B&W photos throughout. Covers illustrated by Ladd Drae. Includes pocket memo summarizing personal hygiene. Circular from Peoria's Military Camp, also called The Headquarters of the Ordnance Motor Section. Here, in the final year of WWI, men were taught the operation of tanks manufactured by the Holt Catepillar Company (also of Peoria, IL). SCARCE.
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Camp Herring: Peoria, 1918
by Various
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Canal Zone Pilot
by Haskins, William C. editor
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Bienkowski, Ancon, Canal Zone and Panama, R.P., 1908. No additional printings indicated. Paperback. VG. Frontis, ills, photos, 522p. Wrapper stained, rubbed and chipped. Spine repaired with masking tape with "PANAMA PILOT" neatly inscribed in ink . Bottom edge of spine chipped and rubbed. Contents slightly yellowed and foxed with insect nibbling on a few pages. Additional articles taped onto free end pages and at least two other blank pages within. A detailed account of the political, social and economic background of the building of the Panama Canal. From the publisher's announcement: "Books have been published, and some of them very good ones, on various phases of Isthmian history and events, but the publisher has tried and believes that he has succeeded in massing more meat 'of the Isthmian cocoanut,' than has ever before been printed between the covers of a book whose title page bears the well known name of 'Panama.'".
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Canopus in Argos: Archives Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire
by Lessing, Doris
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NY, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Very Good +. 8vo. 171pp. Red wraps. Edge of text block lightly foxed. Uncorrected proof.
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The Captain's Doll
by Lawrence, D. H.
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New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. First edition thus, uniform edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo (8"x5"). 323pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles. Slight loss of gilt to spine title. Light fade to topedge of upper cover & tail spine extreme. Toned pages. Red/orange/black illustrated dust jacket covered in mylar: edgewear, small chips missing from spine extremes, spine fade, very lightly soiled upper panel. Contains the titles: The Captain's Doll, The Fox & The Ladybird.
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Cassini Map: A Paris, Chez Vignon, Rue de Thionville no. 27, chez lequel on trouve ce qu'il y a de plus nouveau en Cartes de Géographie: "Chaalons
by Cassini de Thury, César-François (Cassini family)
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Paris, France: Chez Vignon, 1700. First edition. Very Good. Oblong (24"x37"). 21 engraved panels, hand-tinted, mounted to pink stiffened linen, with pastedown publisher's labels, the word "Chaalons" handwritten to label. As folded: the uppermost and lowermost linen panels sun-faded. Linen lightly soiled (some spotting), dampstaining to left-most linen backing (no warping, does not affect pastedown engraving). Slight edgewear. Several pinprick-sized holes. Map clean. Text in French.
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Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings & Prints: 1973-1984
by Arimoto, Tosio
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Tokyo: Shinchosha Publishing Co., Ltd, 1991. No additional printings indicated. Paperback. Very Good +. 4to. 164pp. TEXT IN JAPANESE. Outer paper Dj. lightly soiled in a few places with edgewear. Underlying paper wraps decorated. A beautifully and well printed edition of Arimoto's works from 1973-1984.
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A Century of Achievement: Startown School Lights the Way in Progressive Farm Life Education, 1904-2004
by Lutz, W.R. and Gary R. Freeze (editor)
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Hickory, NC: Startown Elementary School, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oblong 8vo (9"x12.5"). 253pp. Burgundy buckram covered boards with giltstamped titles. B&W photos throughout. Photographic dust jacket covered in protective mylar.
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A Chaplet of Love Poems
by De Fonblanque, Ethel M. (Harter)
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London, England: John and Edward Bumpus, Ltd, 1903. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 12mo (7.5"x5.5"). 170pp. Full green leather-covered boards with giltstamped title to spine, five (false/hollowback) raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, laid paper, green ribbons. Spine, topedge and fore-edge of upper board faded to brown. Boards lightly rubbed, slightly rubbed corners, several dampstains to boards. Heavy tone to margins of free endpapers. Crack to gutter at rear.
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A Checklist of Roman Coins
by Phillips, Wayne C.
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Phillips Ranch, CA: Wayne C. Phillips Rare Coins, 1991. Second edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo (8.5"x5.5"). 32pp. Typographical paper wraps, staplebound. Very light shelfwear.
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Children of the Night
by Blackburn, John F.
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Lakewood CO: Centipede Press, 2017. First thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo (6"x9"). 199pp. Black-covered cloth boards. Blind-stamped decoration on upper board. Silver-stamped spine. Black silk ribbon bookmark. Dustjacket and frontis illustrated by Gahan Wilson. Introduction by Brian Evenson. Signed by John Blackburn (facsimile), Gahan Wilson, and Brian Evenson. Part of limited print run of 220. Copy number XII, reserved for contributors to the press. Dustjacket protected by Mylar.
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Chinese Medicine: Philosophy, Preparation, Acupencil Points, Acupuncture, Crystal Acupucture
by Vergano, Aline. Dr
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Athens: Dione Sa, 1993. Softcover. VG. VG+/-. 8vo. 147pp. Yellow wraps. A thorough explication of the methodology of Chinese medicine. Scuffing to wraps.
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Chinese Jades in the Collection of Stanley Charles Nott: Being an Illustrated Descriptive Record: Exhaustively Reviewing the Symbolic Ritualistic Appurtenances of Chinese Jades and Their Various Sacrificial Usages, [etc.]
by Nott, Stanley Charles; Lin Yutang and Chih Meng
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St. Augustine, FL: The Record Company/Stanley Charles Nott, 1942. First edition, limited. Hardcover. Good+. Folio (12.5"x9"). 536pp. Green cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles, all edges stained green. Chipped & closed tears to spine extremes. Corners rubbed. Dent to fore-edge of upper cover. Gilt loss. Lightly toned pages. Missing dust jacket. B&W illustrations, B&W photo plates throughout. Sound binding. Inscribed, "To Mr. Frank D. Waller, with the compliments and best wishes of the author", signed by Nott & his wife Lucille Nott. Numbered 206 from a limited edition of 1000 copies. Includes two publications from The House of Jade, one is an exhibition catalog of the Nott collection (heavily chipped/worn edges).
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Ching-Te-Chen: Views of a Porcelain City
by Tichane, Robert
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New York: The New York State Institute for Glaze Research, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo (8.5"x10.5"). 468pp. Tan cloth-covered boards with black-stamped title. Title faded at spine. Foxed endpapers & textblock edges. No dust jacket; covered in protective mylar by seller. B&W photos throughout. Text in English.
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Choosing and Using Statistics: A Biologist's Guide
by Dytham, Calvin
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Malden, MA: Blackwell Science, 1999. 2000 reprint. Softcover. VG-. Large 8vo. 218pp. Pictorial wraps. A few pencil marks throughout. Slight wear to cover.
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Chronicles of the City of Gotham, by a Retired Common Councilman, Containing: The Azure Hose, The Politician, The Dumb Girl
by Paulding, James Kirke (a Retired Common Councilman)
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New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo (8"x5"). 270pp. 1/4 green cloth & paper covered boards, spine label & deckled edges. Large chip missing to head spine extreme, spine label chipped, cloth split 3" over head joint of lower board (corresponding 3" split to lower hinge). Stained & dampstained paper covers. Corners rubbed. Heavily foxed interior. Prevvious owner's name penned to title page. Errata slip. Binding sound.
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City of Truth
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NY: St. Martin's Press, 1992. 1st Am. ed. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 8vo. 104pp. Pict. dj. by Steve Crisp over black cloth, gilt to spine. Slight edgewear at dj. extremities. Appears unread. In protective mylar. A hilarious novel about life in "Veritas," the City of Truth.
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Class Lessons: 1888
by Hopkins, Emma Curtis and Elizabeth C. Bogart (editor)
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Marina del Rey, CA: DeVorss & Company, 1977. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (9"x6"). 284pp. Navy paper-covered boards with giltstamped titles. B&W frontis. Bumped tail spine extreme. Lightly soiled spine. Corners rubbed. Textblock edges foxed. Lightly toned interior. No dust jacket.
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Coal Boats to Tidewater
by Wakefield, Manville B. and Carl Carmer (forward)
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Manville B. Wakefield, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good+. 4to (10"x7"). 206pp. Brown cloth covered boards with giltstamped titles, illustrated map endpapers. Previous owner's name in pen to ffep. Textblock edges toned. Inscribed, "Best wishes--" and signed by Manville to half title. B&W woodcuts and photos throughout. Illustrated dust jacket covered in protective mylar: rubbed; chipped edges & corners, NOT price-clipped.
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Coffle
by Files, Gemma and Stephen Wilson (illustrator)
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Carmichael, CA: Dim Shores, 2017. First edition, limited. Paperback. Fine. 8vo (9"x6"). B&W illustrated paper wraps. 62pp. B&W illustrations by Wilson throughout. Hand-numbered 33 of 200 copies.
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Collected Earlier Poems (the complete texts of: The Hard Hours, Millions of Strange Shadows and The Venetian Vespers)
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo (9.5"x6"). 272pp. Lilac cloth-covered boards with blindstamped and giltstamped titles, purple topstain. Narrow, sunfaded tailedges. Lightly foxed textblock edges. Signed by Hecht and inscribed, "For Heather McHugh, with cordial good wishes," in green ink to half title. Association copy: belonged to the poet Heather McHugh. Typographic dj. covered in protective mylar: light tone, some ink ghosting to text, NOT price-clipped ($22.95).
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